Dataset title: British Election Study combined cross-sections analysis dataset

File name in replication package: BESrounds.rds

Description: analytic dataset, cleaned and transformed version of British Election Study cross-sectional election surveys (see Readme.txt)

CODEBOOK: 

id: respondent id

BES: year of cross-sectional survey round

date: interview date

party: party of party-group dyad in "lookafter" outcome question

group: group of party-group dyad in "lookafter" outcome question

lookafter: main outcome measuring perceived party alignment with group interests ("Some people say that all political parties look after certain groups and are not so concerned about others. How closely do you think the <party> looks after the interests of <group>")